US Government Facts
Idaho Trivia
Elizabeth Warren
European Geography
Massachusetts Trivia
Food and Drink
Skiing
Grab Bag
America's Airwaves (Final Jeopardy)
100
This cabinet department is the oldest
What is the State Department
100
In this year Idaho joined the union
What is 1890
100
This Massachusetts city is home to Elizabeth Warren
What is Cambridge?
100
These are the four countries that make up the United Kingdom...for now
What are Scotland, Wales, England, and Northern Ireland?
100
This language is the second-most spoken in Massachusetts
What is Spanish
100
This technique refers to the use of a liquid to remove burnt-on remains from a pan after searing meat
What is deglazing?
100
It is this marker that is used to demonstrate ski runs with "medium" difficulty
What is a blue square
100
This term refers to the circulatory system that deals with the body's immune system?
What is the lymphatic system?
100
This genre is the most popular music type on America's radio airwaves
What is country?
200
This person in this position is 3rd in the Presidential Line of Succession
President pro tempore of the US Senate
200
This coniferous tree is Idaho's state tree
What is the Western White Pine
200
This federal agency is the brainchild of Senator Warren
What is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau?
200
These cities are the capitals of the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Spain, and Portugal
What are London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Madrid, and Lisbon?
200
Massachusetts is bordered by these 5 states
What are New York, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island?
200
This temperature is the boiling point of water
What is 212 degrees Fahrenheit?
200
It is this technique that many young skiers are taught to use to stop
What is "pizza-ing"
200
This planet is the sixth from the Sun
What is Saturn?
300
This number of executive departments make up the President's cabinet
15
300
It is this mountain range that separates Idaho from Montana
What is the Bitterroot Range?
300
This year was when Elizabeth Warren was elected to the United States Senate
What is 2012?
300
What countries are referred to as the "Benelux" group?
What are Belgium, Luxembourg, and The Netherlands?
300
It is in this Massachusetts city that the game of basketball was invented
What is Springfield?
300
This phrase means to cook food in its own juices with a small amount of fat over low heat, just until softened
What is sweating?
300
It is in this city that the first ski lift was installed
What is Sun Valley
300
These are Earth's 5 ocean basins
What are the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern Oceans?
400
This person was the only President to also serve as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
William Howard Taft
400
It is Idaho's official nickname
The "Gem State"
400
This Massachusetts-based ignoramus was Elizabeth Warren's opponent in 2018
Who is Geoff Diehl?
400
These three former Soviet states comprise the "Baltic" region
What are Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia?
400
This sweet concoction is the official drink of Massachusetts
What is cranberry juice?
400
This term used to describe pasta that is “firm to the bite
What is al dente?
400
The word "ski" comes from this country's language
What is Norway
400
This 19th Century English Queen's reign is often known by her name
Who is Queen Victoria?
500
This person was the first son of the two father/son duos to be elected President
John Quincy Adams
500
What is unique about Idaho's state flag among all other state flags?
It is the only flag/seal to have been designed by a woman
500
This former cabinet member endorsed Elizabeth Warren's Presidential campaign in 2020
Who is Julian Castro?
500
This river is Europe's longest, clocking in at 2,193 miles
What is the Volga?
500
This number is the median household income in Massachusetts, the fifth-highest in the country? (Will accept answers within $2,500)
What is $77,835
500
This protein is frequently in the news as something that some people avoid when eating, either due to health-related issues or the desire to be a hipster
What is gluten?
500
This type of skiing refers to skis whose heel binding is free
What is telemark skiing?
500
This is the number of players on one soccer team during a game
What is 11?
600
It is this chamber of Congress that is responsible for the origination of bills related to taxation and revenue
What is the U.S. House of Representatives
600
It is in this city that the oldest active Jewish synagogue west of the Mississippi river is housed
What is Boise
600
It is this Republican Senator who coined the now famous phrase, "nevertheless, she persisted"
Who is Mitch McConnell?
600
Only attaining their sovereignty in 2006, this country is the "youngest" in Europe
What is Montenegro?
600
The Massachusetts State Legislature is officially known by this name
What is the Massachusetts General Court?
600
These two broad categories make up the different kinds of beer
What is ale and lager?
600
This is the term for a bump that is created on a ski run from repetitive turns in the same place. It is also a type of downhill ski racing.
What are moguls?
600
This NFL team has won the most NFL championships & Super Bowls
Who are the Green Bay Packers?
700
This person was the only person ever to serve as President and Vice President without being elected
Gerald Ford
700
It is in this city that the world's only floating golf green can be found
What is Coeur d'Alene
700
This Senator served alongside Elizabeth Warren after filling John Kerry's seat
Who is Mo Cowan?
700
Measuring just 0.2 square miles, this is the smallest sovereign country in the world
What is Vatican City or the Holy See?
700
Clocking in at more than 77,000 employees, this is the largest employer in Massachusetts
What is Mass General Brigham?
700
This alcoholic beverage is made from the fermented pollen and honey of bees, and is also quite disgusting
What is mead?
700
This ski hill in Utah is one of three that does not allow snowboarders
What is Alta?
700
This French Impressionist painter was responsible for many famous paintings, and had a portrait of himself commissioned by Renoir
Who is Claude Monet?